Job Order Detail

Description

When applying please include competition # 2019-52-CSR-04 in the subject line of all emails.  

Duties and responsibilities:
The Transit Driver transports passengers in a wheelchair lift equipped bus or a 22-passenger bus in a safe and efficient manner.  
Duties include:
-    Inspecting the bus each morning to ensure safety and mechanical soundness and reporting irregularities to the proper supervisor and the follow-up driver
-    Receiving calls from or calling the dispatcher throughout the day regarding trip cancellations and new bookings which result in reorganizing the daily schedule of transporting passengers
-    Collecting fares or tickets from each passenger and selling books of tickets as required
-    Loading and unloading passengers in wheelchairs using electric over hydraulic lift
-    Escorting and securing passengers in the bus by attaching seat belts or q-straint system
-    Preparing daily trip sheet report and reconciling cash, tickets and ticket books sold
-    Preparing bus for the next day by refueling, cleaning as needed, parking bus in secured area and locking gates daily

Qualifications:
-    Minimum Class IV Drivers License with clear drivers abstract for the past five years
-    Familiarity with transporting passengers and with Yorkton streets
-    Ability to physically maneuver passengers in wheelchairs up and down ramps and stairs
-    Excellent customer service, time management and documentation skills
-    General mechanical aptitude/knowledge
-       Able to communicate effectively
-       Basic email skills; or willingness to learn

The final candidates are required to provide satisfactory police record checks